A technician must upgrade a computer system to improve its overall processing performance. Which of the following should the technician focus on to ensure maximum system performance?

A. Integrated GPU

B. Power connectors

C. Voltage regulator module

D. Clock frequency

Which of the following provides electricity to devices through network cables?

A. Edge router

B. PoE switch

C. Access point

D. Patch panel

A technician is experimenting with network configurations and has connected two laptops to an unmanaged switch. The technician configured one of the laptops with a static IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the other with a static IP address of 192.168.2.2. The laptops are not communicating with each other. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this issue?

A. The technician needs to use a hub instead of a switch.

B. The wireless NICs are malfunctioning.

C. PoE interferes with intersubnet communication.

D. The laptops do not have access to a router.

A technician purchases a device that connects directly to the rear of a laptop and provides a one-to-one match for every peripheral connection. Which of the following best describes this device?

A. USB hub

B. Docking station

C. KVM switch

D. Port replicator

Which of the following will most likely be used in a testing environment to execute unauthorized or experimental code without affecting production systems?

A. Virtual machines

B. Hybrid cloud

C. Load balancers

D. Application gateways

A shared printer experiences an outage when users submit numerous print jobs at the same time. Which of the following will an engineer most likely do after verifying network connectivity?

A. Reboot the server.

B. Reinstall the printer drivers.

C. Reset the printer to factory settings.

D. Restart the spooler service.

Which storage device is best suited for a high-performance gaming laptop requiring fast data access?

A. 1TB SATA 2.5" HDD

B. 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD

C. 750GB SATA III HDD

D. 1TB SAS SSD

A company deploys server machines in a public cloud. Which of the following cloud service models is this an example of?

A. Platform as a service

B. Anything as a service

C. Infrastructure as a service

D. Software as a service

A customer is using port 110 for email. However, the customer wants to upgrade to a more secure connection that automatically synchronizes with the server. Which of the following should the customer use?

A. IMAP

B. HTTPS

C. SMTP

D. SFTP

An employee who travels worldwide wants a workstation to perform the same whether the workstation is in the corporate office environment or elsewhere. Which of the following should a technician implement?

A. Public cloud

B. VDI

C. SSH

D. SaaS